Databases (back to top)
Social Services Abstracts
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Indexes and abstracts articles from over 1,300 journals and other serial publications. Includes dissertations and book reviews. Focuses on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage: 1979-present. View terms of use. (Proquest)
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Criminal Justice Abstracts
Citations and abstracts of articles in major journals, books, and government reports in criminology and related disciplines. Coverage: 1968-present. View terms of use. (EBSCO)
ERIC (Proquest)
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Core database in education with citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, research reports, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers, and other education-related materials. Coverage: 1966-present. View terms of use. (Proquest)
Google Scholar
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Provides access to scholarly sources across many disciplines including articles, theses, books, etc. from a variety of publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Links to full-text when available.
PAIS International Database
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports; directories, etc. published worldwide in social and public policy. Produced by Public Affairs Information Service. Coverage: 1972-present. 4 simultaneous users. View terms of use. (Proquest)
JSTOR
Online access to core scholarly journals in business, education, health, arts & humanities, life sciences, literature, physical sciences, and social sciences. Coverage begins with the first issue of each journal. View terms of use.
PsycARTICLES
Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, APA Educational Publishing Foundation, Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. Coverage varies. 5 simultaneous users. View terms of use. (Proquest)
PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for articles in scholarly journals published worldwide in all areas of psychology. Coverage: 1892-present. Also provides citations and abstracts for English language books and book chapters and dissertations. Coverage 1987-present. View terms of use. (Proquest)
SAGE Journals Online
Online access to journals published by SAGE Publications in a broad range of disciplines including business, humanities, medicine, social sciences, science and technology.
Social Sciences Full Text
Article citations and abstracts from over 600 periodicals and scholarly journals in all areas of the social sciences. Includes full-text access to some journals. Coverage of indexing: 1983-present; full-text: 1995-present. 99 simultaneous users. (EBSCO) View terms of use
Sociological Abstracts
Provides access to literature in sociology & related disciplines, both theoretical and applied. Covering sociological topics in fields such as anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Coverage: 1974 to the present. View terms of use. (Proquest)
Web of Science
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Citations to articles in thousands of scholarly journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts/humanities. Also indexes cited references in all articles. Coverage: 1988-present. View terms of use. (Thomson) Special Note: Access to WoS was originally provided by the Estate of Evelyn D. Cassat, Abilene, KS
Government Information (back to top)
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
Journals/Magazines (back to top)
Organizations (back to top)
Association of Social Work Boards
Council on Social Work Education
International Federation of Social Workers
National Association of Social Workers
Reference Sources (back to top)
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive Behavior
Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology
Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and People
Encyclopedia of Social Problems
Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources
Growing Up: Issues Affecting America's Youth
Poverty in American: An Encyclopedia
Social Welfare: Fighting Poverty and Homelessness
Web sites (back to top)
Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers)
Self-Help Groups Across Kansas
A database of over 1,800 local self-help groups and 1,000 national self-help organizations. Sponsored by Kansas Health Solutions, Wichita State University's Center for Community Support and Research, and the Kansas Department of Social And Rehabilitation Services.

APA is an acronym for the American Psychological Association. This style manual is often used for research work in the social sciences.